Overview

• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 21-15, 21-19 at Paris’s Adidas Arena to reach the semifinals.
• They next face the 11th-seeded Chinese duo of Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi for a place in the final.
• The quarterfinal victory guarantees at least bronze under BWF rules that award medals to all semifinalists.
• It is their second World Championships medal after a 2022 bronze, when they lost to Chia and Soh in the semifinals.
• Earlier in Paris they rallied past Olympic silver medallists Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang, winning six straight points from 15-17 in the decider; India also saw PV Sindhu and the mixed pair Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto reach the last eight.